Display device



March 22, 1960 Filed March 5, 1959 E. J. M CORMICK ET AL DISPLAY DEVICE2 Sheets-Sheet 1 March 22, 1960 E. J. M CORMICK ETAL 2,929,498

DISPLAY DEVICE FiledMarch 5, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORN EY DISPLAYDEVICE Edward J. McCormick, Swarthmore, and William F. Muller, Jr.,Springfield, Pa., assignors to Johnson & Johnson, a corporation of NewJersey Application March 5, 1959, Serial No. 797,369

9 Claims. (Cl. 205-79) The present invention relates to a packing anddisplay device for hollow rolls, more particularly to such a device forpacking and displaying fiat rolls of strip material such aspressure-sensitive tape and the like.

This invention contemplates a device for holding a plurality of hollowrolls of tape, or the like, in a fixed position, either for storage orshipment inside a carton or a similar package, or for display. The rollsare mounted on the device in such away that they are in full view fordisplay purposes and are readily accessible for removal and sale. Forpacking purposes, the device is designed to hold the rolls firmly inposition in a container so that they will not shift in position duringhandling and shipment. The device itself occupies a minimum of space inthe container and does not add substantially to shipping weight. Fordisplay purposes, the device must be capable of holding and presenting aplurality of rolls without danger of the rolls being dislodged from thedevice or the device collapsing on being handled or bumped by customers.

According to one embodiment of this invention, the packing and displaydevice is in the form of a unitary foldable structure which may bestamped or cut from a single piece of cardboard or a similar material.This device may be made by cutting a single piece of cardboard in oneoperation, and then folding those sections of the sheet which remainjoined together. When folded for use, it comprises a vertical base andat least one projection extending horizontally from the base. Hollowrolls of tape or a similar material may be mounted on the device byfitting the rolls over the projection. The base is designed so that itconforms to the size of the rolls and occupies only about as much space.as the flat faces of the rolls which are held on the projection, orprojections. Each projection is designed to hold a full complement ofrolls so that when the device is fully loaded, the end of the projectiondoes not protrude beyond the rolls which it holds to any great extent.The fully loaded device is designed to be supported from the base withthe base mounted vertically and the projections extending horizontally,for display purposes. For instance, it may be mounted in this manner ona display peg board on notches provided in the bottom of the base. V

In another embodiment of this invention, a sleeve and holder is providedfor each of the rolls; and the sleeve defines a central aperture of thesame generalshape as the front cross section of the projection. Theaperture is designed to register with the projection when the rolls aremounted thereon so that the rolls are positioned and held on theprojection and cannot shift. The sleeve may also act as a holder for theroll, or a dispenser for a roll of tape, for example, in which case theaperture acts as a convenient hand-holding means. Normally, the packingand display device according to this embodiment of the inventioncomprises a plurality of projec- 7 tions spaced from one anotherlaterally along the base; and. the outside lateral dimension of the sleees is such nited States Patent ice that the sleeves on adjacentprojections just fit together, or contaet one another along their edges,thereby assisting the projections in holding the rollsfirmly in positionon the base.

Other and further advantages of the invention will be apparent from thefollowing description and claims taken together with the drawingswherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a packing and display device according to oneembodiment of this invention, showing the device in its unfoldedposition, or as it would appear just after stamping or cutting fromasingle sheet of material; 4

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the device of Fig; 1 as the necessaryfolds are being made but before its various parts have assumed theirultimate positions;

Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the device of Figs. 1 and 2 with itsparts folded in their ultimate positions;

Fig. 4 is a top view of the device of the previous'figures showing anumber of hollow tape rolls mounted inside sleeves and fitted on theprojections extending therefrom;

Fig. 5 is a somewhat enlarged view, partly in section and partly inelevation, along the line 55 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a similarly enlarged view along the line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a packing and display devicewhich may be formed from a single sheet of material such as cardboard.Referring particularly to Figs. 3 and 6, this device comprises avertical base 11 and a plurality of projections 12 extendinghorizontally from the base intermediate the top and bottom edges 13 and14, respectively, of the base; The projections 12 are more or lessrectangular in vertical cross section when viewed from one end, with thecross sectional area increasing slightly from the front to the rear ofthe projections. In other words, the projections 12 are slightly widerwhere they connect to the vertical base 11 than they are at their outerends.

The base comprises a front base member 15 and a back base member 16which are substantially coextensive in area and adapted to besuperimposed one upon the other to form the base 11. When the device iscut from a single sheet of material, as shown in Fig. 1, the front andback base members 15 and 16 are connected by those portions of the sheetwhich, when folded, make up the projections 12. Each of said projectionscomprises a vertical front wall 17, a top wall-18 foldably connected toand extending between the top edge of the front wall 17 and the backbase member 16, and a bottom wall 19 foldably connected to and extendingbetween the bottom edge of the front wall 17 and the front base member15. The top walls 18 of the projections connect to the back base memberintermediate its top and bottom edges, and the bottom walls 19 oftheprojections connect to the front base member intermediate its top andbottom edges. The exact points at which the top and bottom walls connectto their respectitve back and front base members is selected to positionthe projections where desired on the vertical base 11.

In order to form each of the projections, a recess 21 is provided in thefront base member 15, behind the bottom wall 19 of the projection inFig. 1, extending between the top edge of the front base member 15 andthe point where the bottom wall of the projection joins the front basemember. The recess 21 is positioned underneath the top wall 18 of theprojection, and the sides 22 of the recess are adapted to receive thesides of the imposed over the back base member 16 by folding the top andbottom walls 18 and 19 of the projection about the frontwall 17 .thereofinto the recess. For this purpose, the sides 22 of'the recess 21 arevtapered outwardly away from the vertical centerline of the 'recess, andthe top" of the recessis wider?- than the top wall 18 where: the topwall joins ,the-backbase member. 16 and narrower than this. portion ofthe" top'wall at the bottom of the recess 21 where; the bot-L tom wall19 joins the front base member '15. Toaidin receiving the sides of thetop'wall, notches- 2-3 are pro-..

videdin the sides of the recess. These notches are spaced from the pointwhere the bottom'wall joins the front base member by. a distancecorrespondingtothe desired height of the projection 12 at this point.

and sliding thetop wall mam s.

an rtur i f he same their hape a the fr nt vertical cross section ofeach of the projections 12; This means that a plurality of sleeves33,each containing a roll, may be fitted snugly on one of the projections12 as shown in Figs. 4-6 in such a way that the rollsare held firmlyagainst shifting for packing or display purposes.

.As shown in'Fig. 4', the outside lateral dimension, or

width, of the sleeves 33 is; soch that when sleeves are positionedonadjacent projections 12 the right side; of the Reinforcing. tongues25.are provided for each ofthe 7 projections 12 to prevent them fromsagging when the base 11 is mounted. vertically on a pegboard, for instance. Each ofthetongues25 is-foldably connectedto. thefr'ont'basemember atthebottom of one of then recesses 21 and extends intothe backof'the'fold between the. mp and the front wall of'thecorrespondingprojec: tion. 12. The tongue acts like a leafspring inresistingl downward movement :of the front ,of the projection 12 under.the weight of the rolls stored thereon.

7 When all of the partsof the packing and display device of thisinvention are cutout of asingle sheetof material,

'theydevic'e is formed merely by folding where indicated in the drawingsand without the necessity of separating; any of itsiparts fromtheisheet; This means that the front and back base members 15 and 16,the front, top and bota 'tom walls .1 7, 18, and 1-9 of theprojectionand the tongues 25, all are' integral, since none of them havebeen seps sleeve-on one'proje'ction-fitsagainst-the left side of thesleeve on the next projection so that'gtheiredges are in contact withone another. This close fitIbetween the edges ofthe: sleeves.33iassiststhe projections 12 in holding the sleeves andthe rolls 31 inposition and preventing them from shifting'duringh'andling and'use.

Having now described the invention in specific detail and exemplifiedthe manner in which it may be carried 1" into; practice, itwill be.readily apparent to those skilled inthe art thatinnnmerable variations,modifications, ap' plications, and extensions of the basic principles;involved may be made without departing, from; its spirit and;scope. r a

The invention claimed is: r V

l. A packing anddisplayt device. for hollow rollswhich comprises avertical baseand at least one, projection extending horizontallyfromsaid'base, intermediate its top a and; bottom edges,said-projection: being adapted to fit aratedfrom the sheet'fromwhich'they were formed. To a accomplish this, the recessesl21 in thefront base member 1-5- areforme'd by the: removal,-or cutting out, ofthe bottom walls 19 and the tongues. 25 of-the projections:

' inside thehollow portions of and support a; plurality of.

said rolls simultaneously, Said basecomprising, a front base member and:a backbase. member,- fiaid; base-members. being. substantiallycoextensive andiadapted tobe superimposed one upon the, otherto, form.thebase, said projection; comprising aavertica l front wall, a; top wallSimilarly, recesses 26 are formed in the baclebasemema. berby-thecutting out of-the top walls of the projections...

The recesses. in the back base'member 16 extend between. the 'bottomedges of the memberland the points where.

each of the top walls of the projections join the. back bottom walls19of thepro'jections l2, asshown in Fig. 1:;

between the notches 23 in the sides of the recesses and the top'efd'gelof 'thefr'ontbase member. The tongues 2 5,;in

turn, are struck out ofthe bottom walls 19 of theapro i jections 12 andportions of the front walls17 thereof. As

shownin Fig. 1, the'tips of the tongues 25"are. taken from the frontwalls. 17 to make the tongues slightly foldably-connectedgtoandextending:between theytop edge of saidfront, wall. and-said back-base;member intermediat'ethe top andbottem edgesof-said-backbase mem- "ber,and a bottom'wall foldablyconneotedtoand extend-,

ing between the bottom'edge of'said front wall'and said frontbase memberintermediate the top ,and'bottorn edges of said front'base membensaidfront base member defining airecess extending between its top edge andthe pointwhere said bottom wall joins the front base memher, the sidesof-the recess: being tapered; outwardly away from the verticalc'enterline'ofthei recess and the top of I said recess being wider :thansaidtop wall where the tbp wail joins thetbaek basev member andnarrowerthan; thisqpo'rtion ofzthetop wallat the}. bottomoftherecesslwheresthe bottomwall'joinsthe front base member,' the sides-of said recess being-,radapted to receive thesid'e'sof-said topawallwhen the front baseqmember is.

superimposed over thezback base-lmem'ber by folding. said top andbottom; walls about,;said ;front-wali' and sliding the top. wall intothe recess: a

longer" than the bottom walls19sof theprojections in order toprovide theaforementioned spring-like action for reinforcing'purposes. The frontand the back base members .15 and16 have corresponding slots 28 alongtheir 7 bottomiedg'es. to form notches 29in the vertical base 11 formounting the device on pegboard display hooks.

Referring to Figs. 4, 5, and 6, a-pluralityof rolls ;31

2-. Apacking and display device according toi 1,

wherein; the sides of said. recess are: notched to receive the-side'sofsaid top wallrwhen the front and: back base. members are superimposed'as aforesaidr 1 a claim l,

T 3". Apacking and displaydevice according to whichfurthe'r comprises areinforcing tongue foldably of tape mounted upon hollow cores 32 areshown mount, I ed one in front of the other on one of the projectionsv:

12' of :the. packingmnddisplay device of this invention.

Each of theirolls Tis containedina rectangular sleeve or holder33 ofcardboard or 'a-similar rigid or semi'rigid material." 'Ea ch'ofthesleeves shown has-a front'wall' 34 :and a back-Wall 35 connecting. atopand 3 56110111 wall 36aridL3'l, respectively, the sides of the sleevebeing" opentotprovide access'tothe tape on the roll. Eachfof the.sleevesv also d'efinesa central aperture 38 in the form of. rectangularholes located in the front and the th'e lo'ca'tionl'of tthelhollowportioncitru 11:31;

connected to the front Ib'asemember atthe bottom of-said recess, saidtongue extending into the back of the. 'foid between saidtop lwall-gand'saidfrontWalI;' i

4; A packing and 'di-splay-device according toelaim 1, which;farther-comprises afsleevaaiid-fibldeti for each-or" said roll's, eachof said sleeves definin'gasc'ent-ral aperture of-the same general shapeasthefrdnti ertical cross sec-I tionof said projection, wher'ebvaplurality of=said sleeves each containing a' roll will fit snugly-onsaid projection when said: apertures are registered with saidprojection.

5 A packing and display. device according to claim "4,

' wherein-there are a plurality of .saidfiprojections spaced fromoneanother later-ally along theJbaSe-and a corresponding number of saidrecesse's insaid front basementber; saidsleeves, having an outsideilateral dimension snch that -tlae' right-side oi' thezesleeneon;oneproiection essence fits against the left side of the sleeve on the nextprojection.

6. A packing and display device for hollow rolls which comprises avertical base and at least one projection extending horizontally fromsaid base intermediate its top and bottom edges, said projection beingadapted to fit inside the hollow portions of and support a plurality. ofsaid rolls simultaneously, said base comprising a front base member andback base member, said base members being substantially coextensive andadapted to be superimposed one upon the other to form the base, saidprojection comprising a vertical front Wall, a top wall foldablyconnected to and extending between the top edge of said front wall andsaid back base member intermediate the top and bottom edges of said backbase member, and a bottom wall foldably connected to and extendingbetween the bottom edge of said front wall and said front base memberintermediate the top and bottom edges, said back base member being cutout to form a recess below the point where said top wall joins the backbase member and said front base member being cut out to form a recessabove the point where said bottom wall joins the front base member, therecesses in said front and back base members extending to the top andbottom edges of said members respectively, the top Wall being wider thanthe bottom wall where the top and bottom walls join the back and frontbase members, the sides of the recess in the front member being taperedoutwardly away from the projection, the top of the recess in the frontbase member being wider than said top wall where the top wall joins theback base member and narrower than this portion of the top wall at thebottom of the recess where the bottom wall joins the front base member,the sides of said front recess being adapted to receive the sides ofsaid top wall when the front base member is superimposed over the backbase member by folding said top and bottom walls about said front walland sliding the 7 top wall into the front recess, said front and backbase members and said front, top and bottom walls all being integral,having been cut in and folded from the same sheet of material and nothaving been separated from said sheet.

7. A packing and display device according to claim 6, which furthercomprises a reinforcing tongue foldably connected to the front basemember at the bottom of said recess, said tongue extending into the backof the fold between said top wall and said front wall, the tongue havingbeen cut in and folded from said sheet and not having been separatedfrom said sheet. 1

8. A packing and display device according to claim 6, wherein there area plurality of'said projections spaced from one another laterally alongthe base and a corresponding number of said recesses appropriatelylocated in the respective base members, the front, top and bottom wallsof all of said projections being integral with said base members, havingbeen cut in and folded from the said sheet of material and not havingbeen separated from said sheet.

9. A packing and display device according to claim 8,

wherein the bottom edges of said front and back base References Cited inthe file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Schroder June 5, 1894Kincaid Dec. 22, 1953 Hennessey et a1. Mar. 24, 1959

